Garment hanger for bags and like receptacles



Aug. 21, 1945. v

S.YMEYER GARMENT HANGER FOR BAGS AND LIKE; RECEPTACLES Filed Feb. 7.1941 INVENTOR. Swan/:0 ME YER.

Patented Aug. 21, 1945 GARMENTH-ANGER Fommos nun H "RECEPTAGLESSiegfriedMeyer, maaba air, i Application-February 7, mnys rmlism-3771884 2 Claims. toilets-Q85) Y "This invention relates to hangerdevices and more particularlyto garment hangermeans, es- :pecially foruse "in connection with'paper bags "or other receptacles.

'It is an object of the present invention to pro- Vide hanger meansadapted to support a garment thereon in foldedconditionand tosimultaneously 'brace the upper part of a bag made preferably offlexible or paper material whichbag may "be merit thereof. "Th-eseformsareshown forjthe purpose off-illustrating the invention since the same'has lbeen found in practice to give satisfactory andj'reliable results,although it is-to be 'understoodthat'the variousrparts-of which theinvention consists can'ibe variously arranged and organized'and that theinvention is not limited to" the precise arrangement and organization of"-theinstrumentalities-as herein shown and dei i Wt Figs. l'fto -3 showgarment hanger devices incorporating "the invention andillustratingvari- ,ous'stages in folding-afgamnent.

"Yet; a further object of the present invention 'i's'to provide a hangerdevice for use ina paper kg bag or thelike, which device permits thetransport of agarment or-garments of a length greater thanthe length ofthe bag; the dependingportion of said garment or garments beingfoldableabout a or rodof said device andIbeing "foldedin position in =said' bag-without being crushed or crumpled.

Still another "object of the present invention is to provide a hangerdevice for a garment or a plurality of garments which device enables aperson to conveniently and easily pack said garments and to carry themin a bag preferably made of paper or similar inexpensive flexiblematerial, a portion of said device forming a hand grip by which saiddevice and garments thereon accommodated in said bag may be carried. bythe hand of a person or may be suspended from a suitable support.

It is yet a further object of the present invention to provide hangermeans particularly adapt-- ed for use in paper or like bags and which is40 portions, 6| from which dress 60 depends.

economical, eificient, practical, inexpensive and capable of supportinga garment in compact form.

Yet, another object of the present invention is to connect garmentshoulder hanger means with a garment folding member, one or mor garmentportions depending from said shoulder hanger means being folded over bysaid folding member,

which is positioned in a plane different from that of said shoulderhanger means and projects preferably laterally therebeyond. a

These and other objects and advantages of the invention will appear fromthe following disclosure thereof together With the attached drawingwhich illustrates certain forms of embodi- "Figfkis a detailed viewof-the hand 'grip portionof a, garment hanger device employabl inconnectionwith-the invention.

Figfl5 is a detailed sectional view taken along I Referring-now tdthedrawing numeral indicatesa conventional-bag'made of paperorsimilar-material usedyin the tailoring, cleaning and I dying j trade,and which may have closure means (not .Siholiifl'l) at the'sides 0f thebag 201:0 hold:

"the front and rearwalls together.

"Disposed'within thebagjfl is a hanger device 240. shown as being madeof one piece of wire "material and having'a handle or hand grip 24b"projecting-fromwithinsaid bag therewithou't througha-slot (not shown)of bag 20. Hanger 24a has the downwardly directed and diverging garmentshoulder supporting parts 6|, which may be joined together by a bar orrod as clearly seen in Fig. 1.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 3, there is disclosed a garment hanger 240. withgrip portion 24b. The garment depicted in form of a dress is supportedat its shoulders by said garment shoulder hanger device 24a and rests onits inclined folding memberliz isemployed which, in this instance, is ofsufficient width that it may be threaded over hanger device 24a (asshown in Fig. l) and moved downwardly in the direction 5 of arrows 63from a position illustrated in Fig. 1 to, say, a position shown in Fig.2. It is to be noted that the depending portion 60a of dress restson baror folding means 62a of member 62. Member 62 is now moved upwardly inthe 0 direction of arrows 64 in a side by side position with shoulderhanger 24a to be then supported by separable grip handle 25a which mayengage grip position 24b of said of hanger device 24a (Fig. 2) for whichpurpose grip handle 25a is I and 5) for the reception of thesubstantially U- shaped upper portion 66 of member 62. Grip handle 25ais further provided with a transverse annular channel or groove 66a inwhich is received a spring member 61 having its opposed curved ends 66projecting within slot 65 and in close proximity with one another, sothat in inserting portion 66 into hollow handle grip 25a, ends 68 willgive, thus permitting passage of said portion 66 which will then bedisposed adjacent U-shaped upper portion 24b'of hanger device 24a, asclearly shown in Fig. 3. Thus, dress 60 is maintained in neatly foldedcondition and may be carried in a bag, as indicated by dot and dashlines of Fig. 3.

It can be seen from the above disclosure that the instrumentalitiesemployed in this invention maintain a garment or a plurality thereof incompact folded condition thereby permitting the use of a relativelyshort bag 20, as illustrated in Fig. 3, thus taking up a relativelysmall space therein and further making the garment package unusuallysimple and easy to'carry. The garment folding means hereinabove referredto together with the garment shoulder hanger means form a kind ofstiffening means for the upper part of the preferably flexible bag 20provided with a slot (not shown), through which the not desire to belimited to such details since changes and modifications in the form,arrangements, proportions and sizes thereof may well be made withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of my invention in its broadestaspect.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent, is:

1. A device for carrying garments and the like in folded conditioncomprising garment shoulder hanger means having downwardly directeddiverging lateral ends, and substantially rectangular folding meansextending beyond the lateral ends of said shoulder hanger means andadapted to be slipped over a garment when suspended from said shoulderhanger means, said folding means comprising a substantially U- shapedyoke and a transversely directed bar 6 below said yoke and engaging theends of said handle protrudes and which is prevented from crumpling.

It can thus be realiied that there has been achieved, according to thisinvention, a garment supporting device which comprises a member forengaging the shoulder parts of a garment having a portion depending fromsaid member, said member upper portion, folding means adapted forpositioning side by side with said member and engageable with thelatter, the depending portion of said garment being adapted to becarried by said folding means when the garment shoulder parts areengaged for support by said member, and separable handle means adaptedfor engagement by the hand of a person and for receiving said U-shapedupper portion and said folding means in said side by side position withsaid garment in folded condition.

Although I have described my improvement with considerable detail andwith respect to a certain particular form of my invention, I do:

including a substantially U-shaped U-shaped yoke to fold the lowerportion of said garment over said bar, said yoke being adapted forpositioning side by side with said shoulder hanger means and beingengageable with the latter, whereby said lower garment portion placed onsaid bar may be lifted to the folded position of said garment in whichsaid yoke of said folding means engages said shoulder hanger means, saidbar being arranged substantially above the 1ater;a1 ends of saidshoulder hanger means when said yoke is in said engagement position,said U-shaped yoke being adapted for abutment against the end wall of agarment bag for protecting said folded garment.

2. A garment supporting device comprising a member for engaging theshoulder parts of a garment having a portion depending from said member,said member including a substantially U-shaped upper portion, foldingmeans adapted for positioning side by side with said member andengageable with the latter, the depending portion of said garment beingadapted to be carried by said folding means when the garment shoulderparts are engaged for support by said member, and separable handle meansadapted for engagement by the hand of a person and for receiving saidU-shaped upper portion and said folding means in said side by sideposition with said garment in folded condition.

SIEGFRIED MEYER.

